To develop, establish and maintain a comprehensive information service to the Faculty of Humanities, including teaching and research support.
Responsibilities:
- To manage the Library’s services and staff in support of the Faculty of Humanities’ teaching programmes and research needs
- To liaise and collaborate with the Faculty to provide optimum service and to ensure excellent lines of communication with Faculty staff and students
- To take a leadership role in providing information and research services of a high standard to the staff and students of the Faculty and members of the University
- To take responsibility for the collection development
- To oversee and participate in the library’s intensive training programmes and
- To maintain an appropriate library environment conducive to study and research in a leading academic institution.
The above responsibilities will be performed within the University’s broad initiatives of the 4IR.
- Honours degree in Information Science or an equivalent
- 5 years’ experience in an academic or special library
Knowledge and experience of:
- Information resources in various formats, and the retrieval thereof
- Information training, presentation and evaluation of methods and techniques
- Marketing methods and procedures
- Research processes and its methodologies
- Manage and operate library systems, various social media, mobile and other device applications
- Microsoft packages
Recommendations:
- Knowledge and experience of working of bibliometrics
- Au fait with research data management
ENQUIRIES:
Please note that the following contact details are for enquiries about JOB CONTENT and NOT for application purposes.
Enquiries regarding job content: Ms. A. Molebatsi on 011 559 3885
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Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.
In conjunction to merit on the basis of qualifications, experience and proven achievements the University of Johannesburg is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities and those individuals from the historically disadvantaged groups. For this post candidates from the designated groups in terms of the 1998 Employment Equity Act, including designated women, will be preferred. As necessitated by operational requirements the University reserves the right not to make an appointment to positions advertised. If you have not received a response from the University within 21 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.